The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Lau Kong-wah, will leave Hong Kong on July 24 for a visit to Wuhan to learn about Wuhan's cultural development and heritage conservation. He will also meet Hong Kong people living there.
      
     Mr Lau will depart for Beijing on July 26 to attend the closing ceremonies of the Youth Internship Programme at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Fin Society's internship programme. He will also watch a children's Cantonese opera performance by the Sing Fai Cantonese Opera Promotion Association from Hong Kong and visit Hong Kong interns in Beijing.
      
     Mr Lau will depart from Beijing and return to Hong Kong in the morning on July 28. During his absence, the Under Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Jack Chan, will be the Acting Secretary for Home Affairs.

Ends/Sunday, July 22, 2018
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